> U.S. Airports Not Ready For Airbus A380, Says Lufthansa > By Steve Lott > > > Lufthansa executives declared yesterday that the largest U.S. airports are not ready to accept the > Airbus A380 and a lot of work must be done before the carrier can feel comfortable from an > operational perspective landing the plane on U.S. soil. > Sigel told reporters in Frankfurt yesterday that he would prefer airports have at least two loading > bridges and preferably three on two different levels. The double-decker A380 will carry 35% more > passengers than the Boeing 747-400, and Sigel said it could take more than two hours to turn an > A380 under current conditions. He noted that Los Angeles and New York Kennedy are not yet ready > for the A380 and need gate upgrades. Moan, moan... Ironic that LH is complaining about JFK not being ready for the A380, since LH is a founding partner and owner of Terminal One at JFK (TOGA). And that terminal was built by the four airline partners knowing that NLA aircraft would be a reality. Kenneth Lin